The political community is still buzzing about the dueling press conferences that Governor Napolitano and State Treasurer Dean Martin held concerning the state budget last week. All state agencies are required to bank with Martin, so he has the latest budget numbers and knows all the key expenditure dates. Martin has calculated that the state will run out of cash in late April.
The Governor's response was remarkably personal and proclaimed that Martin sounded like "Chicken Little." She also claimed that he didn't have good numbers and was merely a "side player." Martin has responded with humor and sent the Governor an Easter basket that includes Peeps candy and a copy of "Chicken Little."
(Governor, if you are not going to watch it, send it my way, my kids are tired of watching the Ken Burns videos I get from the library.)
Martin is so creative. It would be nice to see what he could do with a clip from her last campaign where she did a little dance with the umbrella because it was raining money in the "rainy day fund". She's gone from "Singing in the Rain" to "Crying in the Rain".
Posted by: Travis | March 23, 2008 at 11:25 PM
After you read "High food costs have cascading effect" on A2 of the AZ Republic (March 24, 2008), I hope you will think about who is going to lead this country for the next 4 years - I don't hear any of the remaining 3 candidates addressing these issues.
BTW, part of the blame for high cost of grains is the law of unintended consequences related to the December 07 energy bill wihich gives tax credits for producing ethanol. I have a question - whatever happened to the 'cheap food' policy of the national government? I guess we sold out to the oil interests.
Posted by: ron | March 24, 2008 at 10:37 AM
A true conservative would have given her the book, not the dvd.
Posted by: Ross | March 24, 2008 at 11:03 AM
A true conservative understands his consumer. A book would have had to include the requisite crayons.
Posted by: Mark AZ | March 25, 2008 at 12:32 PM